Exclusive Preview: GREEN ARROW #15

In recent years, the Green Arrow family has enjoyed rises and endured falls. Every costumed hero has faced heartache, but Oliver Queen and his wards have seen more than their fair share of roller coaster turns. Now the cycle turns again towards a fall for the Green Arrow. As writer Ann Nocenti wraps up her tenure on the series to make way for Jeff Lemire’s run, Oliver stands to lose everything. The empire has already begun to slip from his grasp, but stakes in his namesake corporation might just be the least of his problems.

The art isn’t awful, it’s just not good. I dropped this book with issue 6 or 7 because it stunk. My LCS had a sale and I caught up thinking, hell this cheap, sure I will gamble. Boy did I lose. Like 1990′s Ralph Snart lost. Soooo…I admit I’m all over Lemire’s first issue…but still saddened by two years of poor Arrow stories and art.

Does DC have anyone OTHER than Jeff Lemire, Judd Winick or Keith Giffen to pick up the slack of a departing writer? After Lemire gets moved on to the next freshly-abandoned book, does Scott Lobdell get a shot at the emerald archer?